Am 04.03.2013 13:22, schrieb Martin Schreiber: > On Monday 04 March 2013 12:05:37 Florian Klämpfl wrote: >> Am 04.03.2013 01:00, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: >>> 4.4 seconds (Kylix under Linux) vs 89 seconds (FPC under Linux)... That >>> is just too a huge performance difference to justify. Yes, we all know >>> the argument about more platforms, maintainable code etc, but that >>> couldn't possible be the only reason for such a huge speed difference. >>> Somewhere there is a serious bottleneck(s), or the FPC team simply >>> disregard optimization completely. From why I have heard them say, the >>> latter is more likely [unfortunately]. >> >> You completely miss the point. If there are only approx 25 >> features/properties which make the compiler each 10% slower than in >> total FPC is 10 (1.1^25=10.9) times slower than before. > > Is this correct? It implies that every feature/property uses 100% of the > total > process.
Did you actually read my complete mail? Some do, some do not, other might have a higher impact than only 10%. > And if it is true it is absolutely necessary to stop adding features > soon because 1.1^50 = 117.4. ;-) No, because Moore is still with us. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel